A fresh Charger servicing Amtrak 30.

Amtrak's Capitol Limited out of Chicago running nearly 3 1/2 hours late on the afternoon of Friday August 11, 2023 rolls by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Roundhouse and Shop Complex as it begins... (more)

Amtrak's Capitol Limited gets back up to track speed after departing the Rockville Amtrak Station.

Amtrak train 29 lead by the Phase IV heritage unit 36 minutes late to Pittsburgh Union Station. On the right is the Pennsylvanian ready to depart the next day.

Amtrak's Phase IV Heritage Unit #164 bypasses the fairly new Georgetown I.T. track. This siding was re-laid parallel to the mainline in order to make room for the Maryland Department of Transporta... (more)

Amtrak 29, the westbound Capitol Limited navigates it's way through the Washington D.C. suburbs on it's way to Chicago, IL.

No ALC-42 Chargers in sight on the eastbound Capitol Limited. A duo of GE P42DC's race through Gaithersburg at high noon.

Dwarfed by an interestingly designed apartment complex, Amtrak's Capitol Limited cruises through Gaithersburg, MD without an ALC-42 Charger in sight. "The Crossings," which was constructed in 2016... (more)

The westbound Capitol Limited squeezes through some buildings in Gaithersburg, MD on its way to Chicago, IL. The building on the left is the former Gaithersburg-Washington Grove Volunteer fire sta... (more)

Amtrak ALC-42 331 leads the eastbound Capitol Limited to Washington, D.C. along with P42DC 72, and the "Day One" heritage ALC-42 301. On the rear of the train is the private dome car "Silver Palac... (more)

Charging Grove: AMTK 330, a new Siemans ALC-42, leads the Eastbound capital limited through Washington Grove, as it approaches its next stop in Rockville.

Amtrak's eastbound Capitol Limited from Chicago, IL to Washington, D.C. gets back up to track speed after stopping at the Rockville Amtrak station. Four locomotives on the point, led by ALC-42 329... (more)

Junction Charge: New on capital limited service, Siemans ALC-42 AMTK 315 leads the eastbound Amtrak through Shenandoah Junction, running nearly 3 hours late.

The Capitol Limited's second journey with a ALC-42 Charger (made by Siemens USA) in the lead heads west to Chicago, IL.

History, Passing of The Torch, Whatever you want to call it. For the very first time, an Amtrak ALC-42 Charger locomotive built by Siemens USA leads Amtrak's Capitol Limited from Chicago, IL to Wa... (more)